Improvement in shingle-planers



W. A. KIT'IS.

SHINGLE PLANER.

Patented Dec. 21,1875.

.Nu. 171,Z30.

N. PETERS, PHO

the city of Oswego, in the State of New York, Planers, for planing sawedshingles; and I do clear, and exact description of the same, reftheupper side of the shingle. Instead of the i the slot in the head H, inany ordinary manoswEeo, nEw YORK.

MPR VEMENT IN SHlNGLE-PLA'NERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 171,230, datedDecember 21, 1875; application filed April 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD A. KITTS, of

haveinvented an Improvement in Shingle hereby declare thatthe followingis a full,

erence being bad to the annexed drawing, in

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the whole machine; Fig. 2, adetached view of the adjustable knife-head; Fig. 3, a per spective Viewof part of the carrying'apparatus. v

A is the frame or bed-piece, of suitable form for thepurpose. B is thecarrier, consisting of a belt or endless chain, shafts, and pulleys,substantially as shown. In the bed-piece A isa stationary knife, a,arranged with proper slots and openings to shave the under side of theshingle. Immediately above this is the knife 11, provided also withproper slots and openings in the adjustable head H, to shave knife b, arevolving cutter may be placed in her. I The head H consists of twocross-pieces, c and c,-and upon the cross-piece c the knife is securedby screws, or their equivalents. The head H also has two end pieces, 6and f, withwhich the cross-pieces are properly connected. Each of theend pieces has supportin grpieces g andh, respectively, resting on thebed-piece, and extending below the bottom of the end pieces, and raisingthe knife-head H the shingle. It also has two journals, j j,

which rest in sockets w x, and enable the head H to rock and lift.

The spiral spring S, which is arranged substantially as shown in thedrawings, or an ordinary weight, may be hung at the proper point, so asto cause theupper knife to pass upon the top of the shingle, and adjustit to the inequalities in size. I

The carrier is provided with a dog, a, which pushes the shingle G fromthe butt between the knives. At each end of the dog a there is a shoe,W, which operates to lift thehead H, so that the dog a will pass betweenthe knives without coming in contact with them.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States,

In a shingle-planer, the combinationof the endless belt or chain carrierB, provided with the lifting shoes or cams, and cross-bar n W, thestationary knife a on the frame A, and

the downwardly-pressed and self-adjusting knife-head H, bearing theknife I), all. arranged and operating substantially as herein specified.

WILLARD A. KITTS.

PATENT OFFIGE,

